Chapter 10….

At the policestation shane was in a meeting with adam and a few other officers about the drugs-case when shawn came in;"Hi."

"What is it,shawn,can't you see we're in the middle of something?"asked shane irritated;"What do you want?"

"I came to ask you to reconsider about sending me in undercover."started he hesitating;"You don't have any clue as to who is behind all of this and sending me in undercover to investigate might be the only way."

"Your son does have a good point,captain."said one of the other policeofficers;"We need a break in this case because people are dying here due to the bad drugs that are out there."

"I agree that something needs to be done,but sending in captain cassidy's son isn 't a good idea."answered adam quickly to help out his friend;"Shawn has got no experience and it would be way too dangerous."

"Adam is right,gentlemen,my son isn't experienced enough to do this!"said shane as he turned towards shawn;"I already told you that I'm not gonna let you go undercover and that I wasn't gonna change my mind!"

"I'm your only chance of getting a break in this case,dad,you know that!"began his son angry;"I'm a quick learner and I can do this!"

"No,it's not gonna happen!"answered he irritated;"You're not going undercover!"

"But what if he's right?"asked detective ;"We need to consider the option,captain Cassidy,we need a break in this case right now and it seems to me that if your son is willing to go undercover to find us something that we can use that we should let him!"

" is right,captain,I think we should give the guy a chance and if it turns out to be too dangerous then we can pull him back."said one of the other officers;"Or don't you want to send him in because he's your son,because that would be wrong and totally against the rules."

"Allright,I will think about it!"answered shane tired;"I'll think about it!"

Around three that afternoon todd was sitting in his office when alison walked in;"Hi,honey."

"Hi,alison."said her boyfriend surprised;"What are you doing here?"

"I came to tell you that I have to go away on a business-trip to L.A. tomorrow and that I have a great idea."smiled she and sat down on his desk;"Since we've hardly been able to spend anytime together for months now I thought it would be great if you came with me on my business-trip."

"Come with you on your business-trip to L.A.?"asked todd stuned;"But I can't just leave my work behind like that and go away with you."

"Yes,you can and I have already talked to my mother about it,todd,she's okay with it and says that it's no problem."answered his girlfriend as she put her arms around his neck;"It helps living with the daughter of your boss."

"No,I can't come with you,alison,it wouldn't feel right!"said he,getting up from his chair and pulling away from his girlfriend;"Besides,you'd be working and I'd be left alone during the day,so I might as well stay home and do my job like I'm suppose to."

"We'd have the evenings and nights to ourself,todd,it would be great being alone together for once."started alison surprised that he still refused to come with her;"Why are you making such a big deal about this?"

"I'm not making a big deal about this and I'm really busy right now,alison,so I don't even have the time to go away with you."answered her boyfriend;"We can go away another time."

"What is really going on?"asked she suspicious and got up from his desk;"You never want to do anything with me lately and you're always working."

"Nothing is going on,honey,nothing at all and I've just been really busy here at work."said todd quickly as he pulled alison into his arms and gave her a quick kiss on her mouth;"Hey,once things aren't so busy here anymore we can go away for some time alone together."

Lucas was talking to carter when ginny came into his office;"Hi,I need a few days off,lucas,is that okay?"

"Sure."answered her boss looking up;"Are you going away?"

"Yes,lucas,so I won't be coming in from tomorrow untill Tuesday."said ginny and walked away;"See you on Tuesday."

"Have fun."started he surprised and turned towards carter;"Where do you think she's going?"

"I have no idea."laughed his friend;"Why didn't you ask her?"

"And risk her getting mad at me?"asked lucas with a faint smile;"No way,carter."

"Wow!"smiled he;"You really do have a thing for ginny,don't you?"

"Why are you acting so surprised when I already told you that a few times before?"said his friend annoyed;"I'm nuts about that girl,but she just won't take me seriously."

"Can you blame her after all the time that you have been hitting on her?"answered carter;"If you really are serious about ginny then just tell her that and show her that you really mean it,lucas."

At the hospital Jamie was on his way to the e.r. when he ran into susan;"Hi,Jamie."

"Hi,susan,I heard you were back."smiled her friend happy and gave her a hug;"How are you doing?"

"I'm doing good."answered she;"I was asked to come downhere by one of your doctors,rick white,on a case and it feels great being here again after all this time."

"How do you like living in washington"asked Jamie;"Lisa said that you married david after you went downthere and that you have a daughter."

"Yes,I married david after I moved to Washington and had a daughter,jamie,but it isn't the same anymore since david died a couple of years ago."said his friend softly;"Kayla will in her her final year at college after summer vacation,Harvard,and she wants to be a lawer just like david."

"I'm sorry to hear that he died."started he hesitating;"Lisa also told me that you seemed surprised about m.j.'s death and that you thought that you had seen her a few months ago in washington."

"It must have been somebody else since she died 2,5 years ago,but at the time I really thought it was her and that's why I thought that she and adam had broken up again."answered susan;"Your wife said that adam is still taking it pretty hard."

"He's still heartbroken about it and I don't think he has ever been able to accept it."said her friend;"I think that the fact that he never really got a chance to say goodbye to her is a big part of why he's still so upset over it."

Nick was coming out of his room when he bumped into alex,who had just came out of hers;"Where are you going,alex?"

"That's none of your business!"answered she irritated;"I don't have to answer to you,so get lost!"

"Have you been drinking again?"asked her brother worried as he smelled the alcohol on alex's breath;"Are you drinking in your room or something?"

"Shut up and leave me alone damn it!"said alex and walked down the stairs,into the kitchen;"Tell mom and dad that I'm going out for a while,nick."

"Where to?"started he worried while he grabbed alex's arm when she wanted to go out the backdoor;"Are you going out to drink or something?"

"What I'm going do is none of your damn business,so stay out of it!"warned his sister him angry and left the house;"Don't you dare follow me or something!"

"Was that alex?"asked Cheryl as she came into the kitchen;"Were you two just fighting,nick?"

"It was nothing,mom,nothing at all."said he lying;"She asked me to tell you and dad that she's going out for a while."

"Good."smiled his mother happy;"Maybe that will lift your sister's spirits up a bit."

"Maybe."answered nick,trying to hide how worried he was about alex;"Maybe it will."

That night at mary's place Kathleen was talking to mary and lacey when her daughter walked in;"Hi,guys."

"Hi,honey."said Kathleen happy to see ginny;"Can I get you anything?"

"No,mom,i'm fine."started her daughter slowly;"I just came to tell you that I'll be out of town for a few days."

"Where are you going?"asked she surprised;"Are you going away on a business-trip or something?"

"Does it matter where I'm going or why I'm going?"answered ginny suddenly angry and walked away again;"I wish everybody would just mind their own business for once."

"What did I do?"said her mother a bit shocked as she turned towards her family;"All I asked was where she was going and if it was for business."

"You didn't do anything wrong,honey,it seems like ginny was overreacting for no reason at all."began mary worried;"What's wrong with that girl lately,Kathleen,she's been pretty unedged and quick to blow up lately."

"I know,mama,I know."answered she softly;"I'd just wish I knew what was going on with my daughter lately."

To be continued….